Minor raped by classmate, one other

Dec 14, 2012, 03.24AM ISTTNN

MARGAO: A 16-year old girl was raped by two persons at different locations on Wednesday morning. While one of the accused is a classmate of the victim and also a minor, the police are verifying the identity of the second accused who is believed to be around 20 to 22 years of age.

Police sources said the accused lured the girl to accompany him to a Margao cinema hall to watch a movie by skipping classes. Both are students of a higher secondary school near Margao.

"After watching the movie together, he forcibly took her to a toilet within the complex and had sexual intercourse with her," police sources said. The boy then called up one of his friends and asked him to meet him at the nearby KTC bus stand, Margao.

"This other person, came to KTC bus stand on a bike, and forcibly took the girl to some unidentified isolated place where he raped her. The girl, in her complaint, said the accused also took video clippings of the act," Margao police said.

On reaching home, the girl narrated the incident to her parents who lodged a complaint. Margao police booked an offence against the accused under Sections 363, 341, 376, 342 of the IPC and Section 8 of the Goa Children's Act.

Margao police interrogated the girl with the help of a NGO Bailancho Ekvott working for the women in distress, and also brought the minor boy for interrogations.

The second accused is yet to be arrested. "The second accused was not known to the victim. She doesn't even know the place where she was taken by him. We are in the process of tracking him down," Margao police said.